Relyt Krets

I have processed the call up of Zack Ostapchuk however I cannot process Vladar to IR as you already have 3 players on IR as your budget allows (You also forgot a link)

Hate to do this as my check in, however... I will be stepping down from all external roles (Agent/Clause guru) in GML asides from being GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning. This year has been quite taxing on me being an acting agent and spendings hours of days to try to help this league progress and keep this ship running smoothly. Life got in the way for most other agents and execs this year and I fully understand this but this year I was not expecting to bare 90% of the load throughout the season. Again this has become quite taxing on me with some of the abuse I have taken and criticisms of just trying to help out and take time away from my days, weeks and months to keep things going as well as they could. Again this is not a shot at anyone, just an explanation as to the suddenness of this. I have taken some time away from FH and have bounced this around for some time and this is the conclusion I came too. Again, I will continue with being the GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, but I will use my new found time to regain the fun that FH used to be for me and more importantly for being a dad and a supportive partner for my partner. So with that, I am here!

Tampa Bay Lightning recall Jake Christiansen from the minors

Post Deadline Standings If the playoffs were to start today

WAIVERS The following players have cleared waivers WSH - Zach McEwen TBL - Mason Morelli CGY - Tomas Tatar CGY - Patrick Brown OTT - Mackenzie Entwistle BUF - Jakub Vrana DET - Austin Watson The Ottawa Senators (Priority 22) have claimed Jaret Anderson-Dolan off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning The Minnesota Wild (Priority 8 ) have claimed Joel Armia off waivers from the Buffalo Sabres *Reminder that all players claimed after the TDL are ineligible for playoffs

This move was not processed as no link was provided

These moved could not be processed as the initial move would have put you over your minors salary cap, so therefore the subsequent move cannot be completed as Carlsson was ineligible to be sent down

Activate Colin White from the IR

Activate William Carrier Place Dakota Joshua on IR - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tsn.ca/vancouver-canucks-place-f-dakota-joshua-on-ltir-1.2088769%3ftsn-amp

Tampa Bay recalls Thomas Bordeleau

Had a team poking around Ilya Sorokin. Will listen on him, but stars would have to align given NMC and term left

INJURED RESERVE Activate: Tampa Bay activates Brett Howden IR: Tampa Bay places Carl Grundstrom on IR - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/kings-carl-grundstrom-moved-to-long-term-injured-reserve/amp/

Uhm I defs don't do anything. I only sign contracts for Nail when he stuffs me in a locker and tells me to do so

WAIVERS Tampa Bay places Antti Raanta on waivers for assignment RECALL: Tampa Bay recalls Kaeden Korczak & Jiri Smejkal & Tyson Jost to the main club

SIGNING The Vegas Golden Knights have signed Mark Jankowski to a 1 year deal worth $0.900M

For those not on discord. Tampa Bay will send Ryan Reaves to the best offer by 930PM

Post Trade Deadline Press Conference After what was a busy day in which we saw the Tampa Bay Lightning make 6 deals on deadline day and one mega deal the day before deadline day, that Tampa Bay Lightning feel they have done enough to be a contender in the Eastern Conference. Currently sitting 4th in the league standings, and 1st in the Atlantic, it seemed that Tampa Bay was already in a position of success, however after catching up with GM Relyt Krets to discuss the deadline, this is what he had to say. Jeff Marek (Sportsnet): Relyt, take us through the thought process behind the deal in which we saw you trade William Nylander and Travis Konency to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Roope Hintz, Sebastian Aho and JJ Peterka. Trading one of your core players, one who is playing like he has been this season must not have been easy? GMRK: Look, no trade is easy and this was definitely not easy at all. We loved Willie here in Tampa and the plan was to build this team around him and Matthew (Tkachuk), however this opportunity presented itself with GM @ArtemChubarov where he liked Willie as much as we did, and we liked the idea of bringing back 2 players who we felt should make deep runs in this years playoffs, not too mention 2 players who we really look up highly too as well. The fact we were also able to add a great young player in Peterka also really helped soften the blow. All the respect to Konecny as well, but we knew he was a player we were likely to flip and we wish Willie and Travis all the best JM: You made 6 trades on deadline day and 2 the day before. You brought in 4 defensemen in 5 of those deals. What was the thought process behind that, in one deal moving out Philip Broberg who has lots of raw potential still. GMRK: We have felt that our back end has always been an area of weakness all season long. We have really struggled to put together a good group back there to play in front of Vas and we feel this was a need for us to address at the deadline. I feel we did a great job and now have 8 dmen who can play almost anywhere, and we were able to acquire a great veteran in Ryan McDonagh who has won a cup and will be a great presence on the back end. Moving Broberg was not easy and we moved him for less then we had hoped for as we truly believe he will be a top 4 Dman in this league, but again it was about building this back end to be a team that is competitive in the playoffs and as we get deeper into playoffs, depth is needed. But we thank GM @Rush, GM @Rick Blight , GM @PeteyBOI and GM @MeanSeanBean for working with us in these deals for defense and we wish all players going the other way the best going forward JM: You mentioned your deal with Calgary, and you made 2 deals with Calgary, one that saw Philip Danault get moved. Tell us your thoughts on that? GMRK: Again, not a player we were excited or looking to move, however when it came down to it, it was a move we had to make to move out some cap. We made the move worthwhile and again GM Rick Blight worked with us to come up with a very fair a great deal that added to our depth and made us stronger as a forward group JM: Thanks RK and best of luck GMRK: Thank you, and Go Bolts! Post Deadline Roster TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 2023/24 CDCGFL LW C RW 1st Line 19 20 22 LW/RW Matthew Tkachuk C/LW Sebastian Aho W/C Kevin Fiala GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 64 21 51 72 376 60 24 41 65 318.25 63 21 36 57 290.25 2nd Line 24 71 27 C/LW Roope Hintz C William Karlsson LW Nikolaj Ehlers GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 64 26 30 56 281.25 52 22 21 43 219.25 63 19 25 44 223.75 3rd Line 86 10 77 W/C Teuvo Teravainen C/RW Colton Sissons W/C JJ Peterka GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 63 20 24 44 218.5 66 15 17 32 198.5 65 20 18 38 196 4th Line 81 18 91 C Dakota Joshua C Jack Drury RW/LW Carl Grundstrom GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 53 13 13 26 173.25 63 8 19 27 136.75 50 8 4 12 103.25 Depth 66 C Nils Aman GP G A PTS Fpts 35 2 4 6 35.25 LD RD Goalies 1st Pair 16 5 88 LHD Nikita Zadorov RHD Aaron Ekblad G Andrei Vasilevskiy GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts W L OTL GAA SV % 60 3 11 14 138.5 47 4 13 17 142.5 22 16 1 2.96 0.896 2nd Pair 17 2 52 LHD Ryan McDonagh RHD Brett Pesce G Pyotr Kochetkov GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts W L OTL GAA SV % 59 3 19 22 153.5 53 3 9 12 105.75 17 11 3 2.39 0.910 3rd Pair 44 3 LHD Mikey Anderson RHD Matt Roy GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 55 1 14 15 129.75 62 3 17 20 187.75 Spare 13 25 LHD Simon Benoit RHD Andrew Peeke GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 49 1 3 4 98 23 1 7 8 64 IR 28 72 21 LW William Carrier C Filip Chytil C Brett Howden GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts GP G A PTS Fpts 33 5 2 7 61.75 10 0 6 6 27.5 54 5 8 13 89.5

WAIVERS: Tampa Bay places Jaret-Anderson Dolan on waivers RECALL: Tampa Bay Lightning recall Jack Drury from the minors

Here is the unofficial final totals for the trade counter for the year after a busy (shall we call it our 2nd deadline after the big flurry about a month ago) Calgary, Buffalo, Washington, Toronto and Tampa Bay essentially making enough trades to ice an entire team and then some

WAIVERS The Dallas Stars (Priority 7) have claimed Boris Katchouk off waivers from the Arizona Coyotes The Vancouver Canucks (Priority 1) have claimed Alex Nylander off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens The Toronto Maple Leafs (Priority 2) have claimed Zemgus Girgensons off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings The Calgary Flames (Priority 24) have claimed Ryan Carpenter off waivers from the Buffalo Sabres The Following players have cleared waivers CBJ - Jansesn Harkins WSH - Victor Olofsson WSH - Hudson Fasching

ROSTER MOVES: Waivers: Tampa Bay places Mason Morelli on waivers for assignment Injured Reserve: Tampa Bay Lightning activate Carl Grundstrom from the injured reserve Tampa Bay Lightning place Brett Howden on the Injured Reserve Recall: Tampa Bay recalls JJ Peterka from the minors and places on the active roster

EXTENSION The Washington Capitals have agreed to terms with Claude Giroux on a three year contract Claude Giroux - 3 years x $19,500,000 ($6,500,000 AAV) *Deal includes a full NMC --------------------------------------------------------

The Vancouver Canucks and the Washington Capitals have agreed to terms on a trade Vancouver Canucks Acquire: - 2024 LAK 2nd Washington Capitals Acquire: - Jordan Greenway

The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to terms on a trade Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire: - Kevin Stenlund Pittsburgh Penguins Acquire: - 2024 CBJ 3rd - 2024 CBJ 4th

The Calgary Flames and the Tampa Bay Lightning have agreed to terms on a trade Calgary Flames Acquire: - Matt Dumba - Brayden Pachal Tampa Bay Lightning Acquire: - Ryan McDonagh * The Calgary Flames have been assessed a 1PT penalty for trading a player with a NTC